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Tuesday 05 June 2007
Trinity Academy ‘Make Waste History’ to Win Eco Prize
Photo opportunity: Trinity Academy will receive £400 from environmental charity Changeworks in recognition of the effort the school has made to reduce waste.
Tuesday 5 June 2007 at 2 pm
Trinity Academy, Craighall Avenue, Edinburgh
Trinity Academy will receive £400 as the winning prize in the ‘Make Waste History Competition for Secondary Schools’.
The environmental charity Changeworks (formerly LEEP), who ran the competition, will present a cheque to Head Teacher Mr Peter Galloway, and thank him and the pupils of the Eco Committee for their sterling efforts in reducing school waste.
Twenty-five secondary schools attended the Make Waste History Summit in November 2006. There, the Make Waste History Competition was launched to challenge secondary schools in Edinburgh and East Lothian to take action to reduce, reuse and recycle waste. Trinity Academy pupils and staff used some of the ideas from the summit and implemented them in their own school.
The pupils: Rebecca Ashworth, Jayne Gulland, Rachelle Millar, Alex Murray, Lucy Thornton and science teacher Mr Callum MacLellan presented assemblies across the school; undertook a waste audit of one day’s school waste; purchased new recycling bins, including a wormery; set up a paper recycling scheme and learned how to make jewellery from waste.
The competition entries were judged by Education Manager Lindsay Grant of the City of Edinburgh Council’s Services for Communities who said: “Picking a winner from the list of strong competition entries proved a very tough task. Trinity Academy won as theirs was a very strong and very detailed submission. It was clear from this that the ‘eco’ and waste work they do in the school is a real team effort and involves everyone from the Head Teacher Mr Galloway to the pupils to the support staff.”
Head Teacher Peter Galloway commented: “We are extremely proud of the achievement of the Eco Group in winning this important prize. Here at Trinity Academy we take environmental matters very seriously and in the coming year we will use this success as a springboard to bring about more positive change within the school and beyond. We will also be striving to integrate environmental education into the curriculum and raise its profile amongst pupils, staff and parents.”
For further information please contact:
Neil Fraser
Education Officer
Changeworks
T: 0131 538 7942
E: nfraser@changeworks.org.uk
Contact at event:
Neil Fraser
T: 07817 403348
Notes to Editors:
1. The Make Waste History Summit was organised by the Waste Education Team at Changeworks (formerly known as LEEP) and is currently funded by the City of Edinburgh Council, East Lothian Council and the Scottish Executive. The project aims to increase the level of waste prevention and recycling activity in Edinburgh and East Lothian schools by delivering extensive waste education services.
2. Changeworks exists to improve quality of life and to protect the environment. CHANGEWORKS Resources for Life Ltd. is a company registered as a charity in Scotland and limited by guarantee. Charity No. SC015144. Company No. SC103904. Registered Office: 36 Newhaven Road, Edinburgh EH6 5PY. VAT Reg. No. 703521966.
